Mechanical Design Engineer - Pump Design Engineering (Onsite)

RTX (Raytheon); Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks vacation

401(k) plan with employer matching

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Rockford, IL seeks a Senior Pump Design Engineer to lead design and analysis for aerospace fuel pumps. You will work on balanced/F‑vane, gear and axial piston pumps, interfacing with internal and external customers to ensure robust, cost-effective solutions throughout development and production.

The role emphasizes manufacturability, reliability and maintainability, with collaboration across the design cycle and supplier partnerships.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree with minimum 3 years experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver design and analysis tasks for pump programs, driving development on schedule and within budget.
• Provide design support across all design-cycle phases: concept to manufacturing and service.
• Design new products and processes, improve existing ones to meet business needs.
• Create common procedures to optimize efficiency and quality across the organization.
• Develop data, layouts, sketches and notes to present design proposals.
• Resolve complex design problems to ensure timely project completion.
• Review layouts and drawings for clarity, standards conformance and calculations.
• Design mechanical components and assemblies with manufacturability, reliability, and maintainability in mind.
• Collaborate with suppliers on sizing and selection of components such as valves, sensors, and motors.
• Evaluate non-conforming products with documented rationale.
• Validate design models with empirical data from tests and participate in root cause investigations.
• Carry out sustaining activities for fielded products.

Skills

Pump design

Root cause analysis

Engineering analysis

Documentation

Manufacturability

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Advanced degree (desired)

Tools

MATLAB

ANSYS Fluent

STAR-CCM+

CAD

Job description

Date Posted:2026-10-06Country:United States of AmericaLocation:US-IL-ROCKFORD-P1 ~ 2421 11th St ~ 2421 11TH ST-P1Position Role Type:OnsiteU.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.Security Clearance Type:None/Not RequiredSecurity Clearance Status:Not Required

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Pump Design Engineer with strong experience in fuel pump design, analysis, and manufacturing. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on expertise with positive displacement pumps, including balanced/F-vane, gear, and axial piston pumps, with experience in centrifugal and external gear pumps considered a plus.The role focuses on developing robust, cost-effective pumping solutions that meet customer requirements. Key responsibilities include pump design and analysis, supporting root cause investigations, evaluating test and empirical data, validating design tools, and reconciling analytical results with test performance.Strong communication skills are essential, as the engineer will work with both internal and external customers and must effectively communicate technical information to a variety of audiences.

What You Will Do

• Responsible for completing design and analysis tasks for one or more pump programs, including driving development activities on schedule and within budget, while ensuring all technical and regulatory requirements are met.
• Provide design support across all phases of the design cycle: concept and optimization, preliminary through detailed design, development, validation, certification, manufacturing, and operational service.
• Design new products and processes and improve and maintain existing products to help create better products or processes and ensure that the current and future needs of the business are met.
• Design and implement common procedures and standard work across the organization to optimize efficiency and quality.
• Develop data and make layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposals.
• Resolve design problems of difficult-to-complex scope to ensure project completion.
• Review completed layouts and drawings to ensure clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, and specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.
• Design mechanical components and assemblies with an emphasis on manufacturability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Work with suppliers for sizing and selection of supplier-designed components (valves, EHSVs, sensors, and motors).
• Evaluate and determine the suitability of non-conforming (NCM) products, including documentation of rationale.
• Validate design models and tools with empirical data from test programs.
• Be a key participant in root cause investigations.
• Conduct sustaining activities for fielded products.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience

Qualifications We Prefer

• Pump design experience is preferred.
• Centrifugal and axial piston pump experience is preferred.
• Aerospace industry experience is preferred.
• Familiarity with industry design, test, and certification standards for aerospace pumping systems is preferred.
• MATLAB modeling and programming experience is highly preferred.
• CFD analysis experience using ANSYS Fluent or STAR-CCM+ is preferred.

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second. Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in-flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the ind